Skirt-protector



(No Model.)

A. E. MOQUISTON.

SKIRT PROTECTOR.

No. 419,968. Patented Jamil, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNA E. MCQUISTON, OF OSKALOOSA, IOWA.

SKI RT-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of iletters Patent 3T0. 419,968, datedJanuary 21, 1890.

Application filed August 7,1889. Serial No. 320,016. (NomodeLl To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA E. MOQUISTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at- Oskaloosa, in the county of Mahaska and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Protectors; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to skirt-protectors which are designed to envelopthe lower portion of the skirts and ulster and shield them from wet andmud, and may be of any quality gossamer cloth or water-proof material.

The object of the invention is to simplify and render practicable thisclass of devices and provide an article that can be readily andconveniently adjusted on the wearer when required, and which will belight, comfortable, and graceful, conforming to the circular outline ofthe skirts, and not crowding the same against the body of the wearer.

The improvement consists in the novel construction and combination ofthe parts, which will be hereinafter more fully de scribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view, parts being brokenaway, of a skirt-protector embodying myinvention; Fig. 2, a crosssectionabout on the line a: so of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale.

The protector comprises an innerencircling apronAand an outer encirclingapron B, the two aprons being united at their lower edges, preferably bybeing sewed together. The inner apron A flares at its lower edge to0011- form to the set of the skirts. The outer apron B is shirred at itsupper and lower edges, being considerably larger than apron A, to obtain the required fullness to receive the skirts and ulster between thetwo aprons. Suitable casings F, G, and H are formed at the top edge ofthe apron A, about midway between the two edges of the aprons, and alongthe top edge of apron B, respectively, to receive the stiffening I,which may be of any desired material, feather-bone being preferable,owing I to its lightness and great flexibility, enabling the protectorto be folded into a small compass without doing injury to the saidstiffening.

The harness for supporting the protector or the inner apron A iscomposed of the waiststrap J and the connecting-straps j, which arebuckled to the apron A so as to adapt the protector for tall or shortpersons. The outer portion or apron B of the protector is provided withhooks, pins, or clasps K, which are engaged with the outer garment andsupport the exterior portion of the protector.

The protector is applied as follows: The strap J is buckled around thewaist beneath the garments, and the apron B is turned up about the lowerportion of the skirts and ulster, and supported by. the clasps K, whichmay be substituted by pins which are engaged with the outer garment.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patcut, is--- The hereinbefore-specified skirt and ulsterprotector, composed of the inner flaring apron A and the outer apron B,the two aprons being united at their lower edges, and provided withcasings F and H at their top edges, respectively, and with casings Gbetween the said edges, the outer apron being shirred at its top andbottom edges, and having stiffening, as feather-bone, inserted in thesaid casings F, G, and H, the clasps or pins along the edges of theouter apron, and the harness,

composed of a waist and connecting straps, buckled to the inner apron,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANNA E. MOQUISTON. WVitnesses:

WILLIAM R. LAcEv, JOHN U. J ONES.

